Bush proposal to send man to Mars

[edesignuk]

From BBC Article:
President George W Bush will announce proposals next week to send Americans to Mars, and back to the moon, senior US officials say.

Full Article.

 

[topicolo]

This could very well be one of the few things Bush will be remembered positively for after his term is up. Keep the space program going!

 

[teabgs]

I like how the BBC calls him Mr. Bush not Pres. Bush.




I'd love to see a manned mission to mars and a permanent base on the moon.

 

[jayscheuerle]

President Bush is an idiot who has no idea how difficult this undertaking is (most people don't) and is only doing this as an election year stunt. If the stunt works to garnish him votes, then perhaps he isn't an idiot, but merely someone who prefers to come across as one.

 

[zoetropeuk]

I propose we send Bush to Mars. I'm sure we could find enough people to donate to the cause.

 

[edesignuk]

Originally posted by zoetropeuk
I propose we send Bush to Mars. I'm sure we could find enough people to donate to the cause.

Where do I send money to?

edit: and the best bit, no one will even care if it lands safely It was a monkey that first went to the moon wasn't it (or maybe space, I'm not very "up" on this subject), so it only makes sense it should be the same for Mars...

 

[TMay]

this from a man...

whose idea for a hydrogen economy is to mine coal, burn it to create electricity, and then crack H2O to create the hydrogen.

This also from a man whose administration is putting a creationist spin on Grand Canyon geology.

I agree. This is just a cynical ploy to look like a visionary to get votes. JFK did it as part of the cold war struggle, but, at least he did it with grand style.

Same goes for immigration reform. Yet another Karl Rovian spin to get hispanic votes.

 

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by jayscheuerle
President Bush is an idiot who has no idea how difficult this undertaking is (most people don't) and is only doing this as an election year stunt. If the stunt works to garnish him votes, then perhaps he isn't an idiot, but merely someone who prefers to come across as one.

wasn't putting a man on the moon along the same lines as this?

 

[Mr. Anderson]

already posted

https://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?threadid=54436

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